Innofactor wins contract to lift the aviation municipality of Bodø further into the cloud
28.11.2023 15:16 CEST/EET (UTC +2)
Innofactor has won the tendering for the framework agreement on consulting assistance in connection with Bodø municipality's goal towards a more extensive cloud journey.
"We are proud to win this contract in competition with a significantly larger player. The breadth of the agreement, which in addition to general advice on IT and digitization, also includes data and analysis as well as artificial intelligence, shows that the investment we have made on our competence has been worth it," says Jørn Ellefsen, Innofactor's Country Manager in Norway and Denmark.
Innofactor has collaborated with Bodø municipality for several years, but now the collaboration is taken to a new and formalized level.
"We have been an advisor and a trusted sparring partner in the municipality's cloud journey so far, both when it comes to the Microsoft Azure platform and M365," says Customer Success Manager Odd Arild Haugen at Innofactor.
Bodø municipality currently has a hybrid strategy: Some applications run in Azure, some are in the municipality's operating supplier's private cloud, and some applications are kept on-prem. "We will help Bodø municipality become as independent as possible on cloud operations and lift them to a level where they can take ownership and manage this themselves," says Haugen.
Independent advisor
The agreement with Bodø municipality is an operation-independent consulting agreement that includes general advice and preparation of decision-making basis for various topics related to the municipality's use of IT and various digitization initiatives. Cloud related advice is central.,
Bodø municipality has an ongoing development course from on-prem to cloud, where the municipality's operating supplier is responsible for the move. The municipality has emphasized that it needs an independent advisor who can safeguard their interests in the process.
The agreement also includes advice on BI solutions, data warehouses, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. "Within the framework agreement, Bodø municipality should be able to utilize us for most things related to the cloud," says Odd Arild Haugen. The agreement runs for four years (2, plus 1, plus 1) and has a framework of NOK 12-15 million.
The right competence was crucial
In the choice of supplier, the municipality emphasized experience and competence, and how suitable the offered team is for solving assignments under the framework agreement.
As part of the project delivery requirements, the municipality states that "Innofactor convincingly describes how they will ensure availability, transfer of competence to Bodø, implementation of deliveries and assignments under the framework agreement and cooperation with the municipality's resources during the contract period".
"We have emphasized finding the best partner to help us on our further cloud journey. Bodø municipality's goal is to get as much as possible out in Azure over time. Innofactor will be an advisor on the journey and help us with a good decision-making basis for what should be lifted to cloud, and what should perhaps remain on-prem", says Digitalization and ICT Manager Frode Nilsen in Bodø municipality.
The success with Bodø municipality and the previously won agreement with Ullensaker municipality gives a taste for doing more in the public market.
"The fact that we win a public tender that is not just about moving infrastructure to the cloud on our own proves that we have developed. We are still selective about the framework agreements we want to front alone. With bigger bids, we collaborate with other partners." says Jørn Ellefsen.
Further information:
Jørn Ellefsen, Country Manager for Norway and Denmark
Innofactor Plc
jorn.ellefsen@innofactor.com
tel. 90 56 15 72
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